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Tolls suspended because of Hurricane Irma will return Thursday on most of Florida's toll roads, the state Department of Transportation announced. Curious drivers seeking answers from FDOT's SunPass Twitter page were met with a similar generic response from the state. (more...)

Head of Data Center for Information and Public Relation of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said Mount Agung (Gunung Agung) refugees in Karangasem Regency, Bali Regency have returned to their respective homes. (more...)

The drills are the second part of China-Russian naval exercises this year, the first part of which was staged in the Baltic in July. That trajectory puts the us territory of Guam, 2,100 miles from North Korea , squarely in Pyongyang's range. (more...)

It is because of North Korea's constant violation of worldwide norms and sanctions; it is continuously being isolated at world platform. The Peruvian government had already said in July that it would reduce the number of diplomats accredited there, in accordance with a U.N. (more...)

OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cracked open the door to joining the US ballistic missile defence program, reversing Canada's long-standing opposition in the face of North Korea's new capabilities to strike North America. "If that doesn't work, General Mattis will take care of it", she said on CNN's "State of the Union". Meanwhile, the head of Russia's upper house Committee for International Relations said that the Kremlin would not allow the USA or any other country to ... (more...)

Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the recovery of two escaped inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. How the two men escaped Unit 30 is part of an ongoing investigation as well as details about Sanders' capture. He is a black male with brown eyes, standing at 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 193 pounds. (more...)

In Itanagar , bandh supporters damaged vehicles including a state transport bus and a private vehicle in the morning, superintendent of police Sagar Singh Kalsi said. They were protesting against granting citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in the north eastern Indian state bordering with China. He said the Centre wanted the rights of indigenous Arunachalis to be protected. (more...)

According to the latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, corn crop conditions are a carbon copy of last week, with 61% of the crop rated good to excellent. Soybean condition rated 4 percent very poor, 8 poor, 28 fair, 48 good, and 12 excellent. Alfalfa - 52 percent good to excellent, 34 percent fair and 14 percent poor or very poor, with the fourth cutting 68 percent done. (more...)

The police is also on a lookout for three of his alleged accomplices, who are on the run. It was then suspected that he might be linked to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the police said.It is suspected that the accused was threatening the woman colonel as he wanted to extract sensitive information from her, an angle that is now being probed.(With PTI inputs). (more...)

Ms Buric did admit that the advertising campaign was "very successful", because of local and global publicity, but said the school will now be putting up new billboards that do not feature the First Lady. Melania Trump was born in neighbouring Slovenia in Melanija Knavs. Buric admitted that the short advertising campaign turned out to be "very successful" because of the wide publicity it received both locally and internationally. (more...)

It skips proposals that would have upended Trump's controversial effort to stop transgender individuals from serving in the military and closed USA military bases. The U.S. armed forces appear to be on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The legislation directs the Defense Department to deploy up to 14 additional ground-based interceptors at Fort Greely, Alaska, an increase that will expand to 58 the number of interceptors ... (more...)

Emergency chutes were deployed for the passengers after the flight overshot the runway. Airport sources said the operations have been suspended at least till 5 am, impacting all the worldwide arrivals and departures. Earlier evening operations at Mumbai Airport were affected for almost 30 minutes owing to poor visibility leading to diversion of four incoming flights and go-arounds for seven others. (more...)

Duggan said more than 50,000 families in Detroit who faced foreclosure were able to avoid it thanks to the interest-reduction program, which began in 2015. "This is phenomenal work", he said. Although numbers are down, housing advocates are pushing the treasurer to stop the sale of occupied homes. Detroit ended its last two fiscal year with balanced budgets, putting the city on the path to terminating post-bankruptcy state oversight next year. (more...)

They also came as world leaders begin arriving in NY for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly this week, where North Korea will be high on the agenda . China on Friday said it opposes ballistic missile launches by North Korea, urging all parties concerned to exercise restraint and avoid any acts that may escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (more...)

Finally, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC raised its stake in Catalent by 12.3% during the first quarter. The total value of its holdings increased 4.8%. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $37.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.66. Catalent (NASDAQ:CTLT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 28th. (more...)

The organization said it would continue to support the investigation into Gruver's death and that anyone involved should be prosecuted to "the fullest extent of the law". Although the fraternity has an alcohol-free and blanket anti-hazing policy, numerous incidents of hazing have been reported among numerous chapters. (more...)

But I will not go into details", Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon. Discussing Mr Trump's comments on Fox News, political commentator David Rubin suggested military action is the only option to prevent North Korea from producing a nuclear arsenal, with sanctions seemingly failing to work. (more...)

Nikki Haley , the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday with the United States exhausting diplomatic means against North Korea , "military options" are an alternative. Trump has threatened to rain " fire and fury " on North Korea if the North continued with its threats. The United States has rejected that proposal as "insulting" and maintains it will only enter into talks with Pyongyang if it halts all missile and nuclear tests unilaterally. (more...)

Rain accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, are forecast across the Leeward Islands, including Puerto Rico, as well as the USA and British Virgin Islands - where residents had just started to return after evacuating for Irma - through Wednesday night. (more...)

Maria on Monday was "rapidly" intensifying into a major hurricane. The NHC said Maria could produce a "dangerous storm surge accompanied by large and destructive waves" that would raise water levels by four to six feet (1.2 to 1.8 metres) when it passes through the eastern Caribbean. (more...)